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A. L. SMITH March 19, 1957 DEVICE FOR LIGHTING AND EXTINGUISHING CANDLESAND THE LIKE Filed Aug. 16, 1954 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 llilliSllllIlllllllurl/ 4 i.

March 19, 1957 A. SMITH 2,785,556

DEVICE FOR LIGHTING AND EXTINGUISHING CANDLES AND THE LIKE Filed Aug.16, 1954 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ay/W/fl L J/n/ ff? INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY A. L. SMITH March 19, 1957 DEVICE FOR LIGHTING ANDEXTINGUISHING CANDLES AND THELIKE Filed Aug. 16, 1954 4 Shets-Sheet afly/Wm L. 307/ 1% INVENTOR.

A I a/Mfr A. L. SMITH 2,735,556 DEVICE FOR LIGHTING AND EXTINGUISHINGCANDLES AND THE LIKE March 19, 1957 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed Aug. 16, 954

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ATTORNEY United States Patent DEVICE FOR LIGHTING AND EXTINGUISIHNGCANDLES AND THE LIKE Aylwin L. Smith, Houston, Tex.

Application August 16, 1954, Serial N 0. 450,039

8 Claims. (Cl. 67-6.1)

This invention relates to a device for lighting and extinguishingcandles and the like, such as altar candles, and in particular theinvention relates to such a device adapted to supply drops ofinflammable liquid to the wicks of the candles to insure lighting of thewicks when flame is applied thereto.

It often occurs that when candles are extinguished the burnt top of thewick may be forced down into the tallow at the top of the candle in amanner that places the wick in a difficult position to be lighted. Thisoften occurs in the case of altar candles and the congregation observesand sits in sympathy with the diflicult ies thus being experienced byaltar boys or others whose task it is to light the candles as part ofreligious ceremonies such as masses. At times it may take severalefforts and some time interval before the device used as a torch, suchas a taper, can be applied with sufiicient proximity to satisfactorilylight the wick of a candle.

To avoid this dithculty this invention has as one of its principalobjects the provision of a device which supplies a positivelyinflammable material, such as lighter fluid Patented Mar. 19, 1957and/0r supports the conduit through which a flame extinguishing gas maybe supplied to put out a lighted candle.

It is yet a further object of this invention to provide such a liquidsupplying-ignitingextinguishing device in which the release of the meansoperated to supply the liquid actuates the ignition thereof.

or any similar easily ignitable liquid, to the wicks of 1 candles toinsure immediate conflagration of the wick as soon thereafter as flameis supplied.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a device of this classwhich is adapted to carefully meter the amount of fluid supplied to awick by each manual operation of the actuator of the container for theinflammable liquid.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a device of thisclass which supplies inflammable liquid to the wick of a candle to belighted through a conduit of liquid supply terminated adjacent thestructure later employed to extinguish the flame of the candle.

It is still another object of this invention to provide a device of thisclass in which the structural element which supports the candleextinguisher is also employed to support the conduit through whichliquid is supplied to the candle wicks.

It is yet another object of this invention to provide a device of thisclass in which the structure which provides and supports the conduitalso supports the candle lighting means.

It is still a further object of this invention to provide a device ofthis class so constructed that the tops of the candles are spaced fromthe outlet of the liquid conduit within the extinguisher when theextinguisher is in flame extinguishing position.

It is yet another object of this invention to provide a device of thisclass operable by a variety of means as by a bulb, or bellows, or by amanually operated mechanical means, in each case to actuate theinflammable liquid container to supply liquid drops to the candle wickprior to its being lighted.

It is also another object of this invention to provide a device of thisclass in which the suport for the inflammable liquid supplying tubingalso carries an ignition means thereon and in which such support alsoprovides Other and further objects will be apparent when the appendeddrawings are considered in connection with the description set forthhereinoelow; particular reference being made to the drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of one embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the relationship of the candleextinguisher and conduit terminal to a candle;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the relationship of the candleextinguisher and conduit terminal to a candle having a follower thereon;

Fig. 4 is an elevation part in section, of another embodiment of theinvention;

Fig. 5 is a partial elevational view of still another embodiment of theinvention; the holder for the candle to be extinguished in this viewbeing shown in section;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 6-6 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional side elevation taken along line 7-7 ofFig. 6, and of Fig. 8;

Fig. 8 is a rear elevation taken along line 8-8 of Fig.7;

. 'Fig. 9 is a partial side elevation taken along line 9-9 of Fig. 8;and i Fig. 10 is a fragmentary side elevation. of another embodiment ofthe invention.

Referring particularly to the drawings, an embodiment of the inventionis shown in Fig. l, in which a container 11 has therein a liquid 12, asan inflammable liquid such as lighter fluid or any highly ignitablefluid substance. A

top 14 isthreadably connected to the container at 15 and such top has aneck 16 which is internally threaded to receive therein a tubularsupport 17.

Within the container 11 a valve element 18 i threadably connected to theinner end of the support 17 and such valve element has therein stronglytensioned spring 19 which bears downwardly on a ball 29 to close aported opening 21 in the bottom of the valve element 18. A valve element22 is slidable upon the valve element 18 and has therein a weaklytensioned spring 23 which bears downwardly on a ball 24 which closes aported opening 25. The valve element 22 has a bracket 26 thereon whichprovides a slot 27 therein to receive a latching head 23 which isintegrally connected to a rod 29 which extends thereabove through afixedly positioned bushing 30 to the exterior of the container. A spring31 bears upwardly against the bushing 39 and downwardly against bracket26.

Externally of the container 11 the rod 29 extends through a spacer 32and an opening 34 in a lever 32 and is retained connected to such leverby means of a head 33 on the rod 29 which bears on the upper leversurface outwardly of the opening 34, as the spring 31 urges the lowervalve element 22 downwardly and the lever 32 against the spacer 32'. Thelever 32 has an enlarged opening 35 therein through which extends thesupport 17 with substantial clearance therearound. A guide 36 extendsoutwardly at an angle from the container top 14 and through an openingor bore 37 in a handle portion 38 which forms a downwardly extendingpart of the lever 32.

A tubing 39 of substantially smaller diameter than the support 17 isconnected inwardly in a rigid manner to the inner end of the support 17and terminates upwardly at 43 within the support 17 and inwardly of itsconnection to a bell-shaped candle extinguisher 40.

A tubular supporting member 44 is rigidly connected to the support 17,as by bands 45 and 46, and such a member has a longitudinally extendingslot 47 therein through which extends a handle 48 which is connectedinside the member 44 to an 'arcuate sliding element 49 which is curvedin concentricity with the curved upper end 50 of the member 44, suchcurvature being outwardly and opposite in direction to the curvature ofthe support neck 42.

A lighting element, as a torch or taper wick 51, is connected to the top52 of the arcuate sliding element or wick support 49, such taper 51being originally of a substantial length to extend out of the top of themember 44 when the handle 4$ is at the bottom of the slot 47. Then, asthe taper 51 is lighted and as the taper burns away, the handle 48 isslid further and further upwardly in the slot 47, as it bears with afair amount of friction against the sides of the slot 47 so that suchfriction holds the support taper 51 in the position to which it may beelevated from time to time.

In operation the handle 38 is moved inwardly by manual pressure,preferably the pressure of the inside of the thumb against the handle38, while the hand grasps the cylindrical surface of container 11 on theside thereof opposite the handle. This moves the handle in toward thecontainer as the bore surface 37 slides inwardly along the guide 36until the handle 38 strikes against or substantially strikes against thecontainer with the result that the rod 29 is lifted upwardly by thelever end 54 and the valve element 22 is raised to compress the spring 3between the bracket 26 and the bushing 30.

The valve element 22 must move upwardly with the bracket 26 attachedthereto and this upward movement will compress the spring 23 and reducethe free space between the valve element 22 and the valve element 18thereabo-ve as the valve element 22 slides upwardly on the valve element18. The liquid initially filling the valve element 22 will thus beforced to lift the check ball 20 and compress the spring 19, and anamount of liquid will pass upwardly through the ported opening 21 intothe valve element 18 and an equal amount of liquid will thus be forcedupwardly out of the valve element 18 through the tubing 39 to force suchamount of liquid out through the upper end 43 of the tubing to beinjected into the interior of the extinguisher 40 and onto the wick of acandle adjacent to which the device is positioned. The proportions ofthe valve elements 18 and 22 can be so correlated with relation to thetravel of the valve element 22 as to meter at desired volume of liquidon each stroke.

When the lever handle 38 is released the spring 31 forces downwardlyagainst the bracket 26 to force the lower valve element 22 downwardlyand to draw the rod 29 downwardly and with it the lever end 54 until itabuts the stop 32'. The lower pressure area or vacuum created within thelower valve element 22 as it is forced downwardly draws the ball 20 intoseated position and causes the ball 24 to unseat against the pressure ofthe spring 23 to draw in an amount of liquid, as the number of dropsthereof to be measured, such being equal in volume to the amount ofliquid which has previously been ejected upon the candle wick.

After the drops of liquid have been deposited on the candle wick thedevice may then be turned to apply the lighted taper 51 to light thewick. In this case, regardless of how the wick may have been marred orforced into the tallow of the candle by previous handling, theapplication of flame to the liquid which has been ejected upon the wickand top of the candle results in almost instantaneous ignition of thewick, which, after a brief interval of burning, will tend to assume theupright position regardles of the angle it may previously have beenforced to assume.

As shown in Fig. 2, the bell shaper extinguisher 40 is constructed witha series of flanges or ledges 53, 54, 55 increasing in diameter towardt-hefiared larger end thereof. These diameters are graduated in size tolodge against candles 56 of various diameters and the small threaded end57 of the extinguisher 40 is spaced sufficiently far from the innermostledge 43 to make sure that, when the lighted candle is snuffed out orextinguished by the insertion of the extinguisher thereover, no candletallow or matter from the candle wick 58 can lodge to clog the liquidentry into the extinguisher.

As shown in Fig. 3, a candle 56 has a follower or cap 52 which fits overthe top of the candle 56 and such cap 5? provides an opening 60 thereinthrough which the candle wick 58 extends. In this case, the outerdiameter of the follower is such that the ledge 54 lodges thereagainstrather than against the innermost ledge 53, as shown in Fig. 2. In thecase of extinguishing a candle of the giant size, it is obvious thatlodgment of the largest ledge 55 will occcur there'agains-t. In eachcase the wick of the extinguished candle will be spaced from the smallend 57 of the extinguisher and from the upper end 43 of the tubing sothat no material may be deposited therein to cause stoppage.

In the embodiment of invention shown in Fig. 4, a

, Support or handle 17 has its lower end 61 connected to a bulb 62 atthe upper end thereof. A tubing 63 is connected at its lower end, notshown, to form the closure for the upper end of the bulb and tocommunicate with the interior thereof. When the bulb 62 is compressedand then released to expand, air is drawn in through a check valveclosure 64 in the lower end of the bulb, and compression of the bulb 62forces air up the tubing 63 as the check valve 64 is forced to seatedposition.

A container 65 having an inflammable liquid 12 therein is attached tothe handle or support 17 and a check valve closure 67 is fitted into thetop '70 of the container so that air may be injected through suchclosure or fitting 67 to place the liquid under the pressure ofcompressed air. The tubing 63 is recurved at its upper end 63 to passthrough a slot 69 in the support 17 and is sealably passed through thetop 70 of the container 65. Also a tubing 71 is sealably passed throughthe top 70 to extend to substantially the bottom of the container 65.

From the top 70 the tubing 71 extends through the slot 69 and upwardlyto terminate at 43 within the upper end of the recurved portion 42 ofthe support 17 adjacent the inner end 57 of the extinguisher 40.

In operation such device is positioned with the extinguisher 40 held todirect drops of liquid ejected from the tubing 71 onto the wick of acandle to be lighted. The manipulation of the bulb 62 to force airthrough the tubing 63 into the container 65 increases the pressuretherein exerted upon the liquid 12 and forces the liquid up the tubing71 so that drops thereof may be ejected from the upper end thereof ontothe candle wick, which is bonded by the extinguisher 40.

In this embodiment of the invention the structure for mounting andproviding the taper 51 for igniting the candle wick is not shown butobviously such structure will be mountable on the support 17 andpreferably in the same relative position to the other structures asshown in Fig. 1. The extinguisher 40 will obviously be manipulated toextinguish a lighted candle as such extinguisher 40 has been describedas being manipulated to extinauish the candles shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 6-9, the release ofthe manipulation which forces drops of inflammable liquid on the wick 58actuates a mechanism to ignite the liquid on the wick. As shown in Figs.6 and 7, the structure shown in Fig. 1 for supplying the liquid has beenadapted to mount and actuate such mechanism. To this end side plates 72,72' have been extended between the upright part of the support 17 andthe recurved part 42 thereof, and aflixed to diametrically oppositesides of the support. The mechanism which mounts the spark supplyingmeans is mounted on an axle 73 having turned down ends 74 which areforcibly insertable in the side plates 72, 72.

A pulley 75 is mounted to normally rotate freely upon the axle 73. Atorsion spring 76 shown in Fig. 6 is fixed at one end to the axle 73 andat the other end to the pulley 75 to rotate the pulley 75counterclockwise as indicated by the dotted arrow headed line in Fig. 7.An emory wheel 77, having a serrated peripheral face, and a ratchetwheel 78 aflixed thereto, are mounted to rotate freely upon the axle 73.A spring 79 bears outwardly against the inner face of the side plate 72adjacent thereto and extends around the axle 73 and bears inwardlyagainst the outer face of the ratchet 78 to urge the inner face of theemory wheel 77 into frictional engagement with the inner face of thepulley 75. A detent spring 80 is ailixed at one end to the plate 72 andat the other end has a detent pawl 81 thereon which, by virtue of theshape of the ratchet teeth, engages the ratchet 73 against movement in acounterclockwise direction while permitting rotation in a clockwisedirection.

The support 17 has a slot 82 therein as best shown in Fig. 7, and apulley 33 is freely rotatable upon an axle 84 having turned down ends 85press fitted into the side plates 72, 72, as best shown in Fig. 6. Thepulley 83 may rotate partially within the slot 82 and tubular support 17and partially outwardly thereof, with the axle 84- positioned as shown.A similar slot 32 is provided in the periphery of the support 17 belowthe slot 82 and above the uppermost travel position of the lever 32. Asimilar pulley 83' is mounted on an axle 34 having ends press fittedinto brackets 85 afiixed to the support 17, the axle 84 being sopositioned that the pulley 83 rotates partially within the slot 82 andtubular support 1'7 and partially outwardly thereof. A line or cable 86is fixed at one end to an eye 87 on the lever 32 and extends in contactwith the underside of the pulley 83 and up through the tubular support17 and over the pulley 83 and the pulley 75 and has its upper endconnected thereto as by the screw 88.

The lever end 54 is normally urged downwardly by the head 33 of the rod29 as the spring 31 forces downwardly on the bracket 26 in which thelower end or head 23 of the rod 29 is latched. However on the liquiddelivery stroke the lever end 54 moves upwardly and relieves thedownward tension on the cable 86 so that the torsion spring 76 may urgethe pulley 75 in a counterclockwise direction, with the result that thecable 86 connected to the pulley 75 moves upwardly.

Slippage occurs on the liquid delivery stroke between the inner face ofthe rotating pulley and the inner face of the emery wheel 77 since thedetent pawl engages the ratchet 73 affixed to the emory wheel 77 andprevents rotation of the emery wheel and ratchet 7d in acountenclockwise direction as the pulley 75 is thus rotated by thetorsion spring 76.

Upon release of the lever handle 38 after the delivery of liquid to thewick 53 and top of the candle 56, the spring 31 urges the lever end 54downwardly by virtue of the force exerted on the bracket 26 and rod 29connected thereto, and the lever end 54 pulls downwardly upon the cable86 connected thereto, and rotates the pulley '75 in a clockwisedirection as indicated by the full arrow headed line in Fig. 7, and inopposition to the counterclockwise urging force of the torsion spring76.

On this stroke the emery wheel 77 rotates with the pulley 75 by virtueof the face to face frictional engagement therewith, since the ratchet7?; connected to the wheel 77 has teeth directed so as to permit thedetent pawl 31 to slide thereover when rotation is clockwise asindicated by the full arrow headed lines shown on the emory wheel andratchet in Fig. 7.

A hint 87 is connected to a base flange 83 in a tube 89 and a spring 90bears downwardly upon the base of the tube and upwardly upon the flange38 to force the flint 37 through an opening 91 in a cap 92 upon the tube89. A screw 93 connects the base of the tube 89 to a 6 bracket 94 whichis, connected as its ends to the side plates 72, 72, and the connectionof tube to bracket is so effected as to locate the flint 87 in positionto be urged against the serrations of the emery wheel 77.

It can thus be seen that upon the liquid delivery stroke no movementoccurs between the flint 87 and emory wheel 77, but that on the releaseof the lever handle 38 the serrations of the emery wheel will moverapidly against the flint 87 urged thereagainst so as to strike a sparkof flame which will ignite the liquid drops deposited on the candle andwick when the device is held in position for such liquid deliverythereto.

As shown in Fig. 7, the tubing 39 extends to the upper end of thesupport 17, and is aflixed therein by means of a spider or supportingspacer 95 having open spaces therethrough. As the extinguisher 40 shownin the earlier described embodiments cannot well be installed upon thesupport shown in Fig. 7 without interfering with the path of theigniting flame to the wick, it is necessary to provide a different meansfor extinguishing lighted candles. To this end a baflle 96 may beprovided above the upper slot 82, and a flame extinguishing gas, ascompressed carbon dioxide, may be supplied into the support 17 above thebaflie, as through the tubing 97. Such gas may be expelled underpressure out through the spider 95 onto a flaming candle wick 58 toextinguish the flame.

As shown in Fig. 8, such extinguishing gas, as compressed carbondioxide, may be supplied into a container 5% through a check valveclosure fitting 67, such as the lining shown in Fig. 4. A push buttonslide valve 99 is provided for gas outlet and includes a valve element166 having a button or flange on the outer end thereof which is urgeddownwardly against the pressure of a spring 191 seated in a valvehousing 102. The housing has inlet ill? thereinto from the interior ofthe tank 9d, and the valve element has a bore 104 through the basethereof and a radial port 165 communicating with the bore. The housing102 has a radial port 21% therein and a connection means, not shown,therearound to which the end of a flexible tube Hi7 may be attached tocommunicate with the. port 1%. When the valve element is urgeddownwardly a sulficient distance the ports 105 and 106 are brought intocommunication so that compressed gas may escape from the tank 98 intothe flexible tube 1&7. This tube connects upwardly with the tubing 97through which the freed gas may pass into the support 17 and out theupper end thereof to extinguish the candle home as has been hereinabovedescribed.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 6-9, a band 117 may beprovided to connect the tubings 9'7 and 107, and to connect such tubingsto the support 17. Also bands 118, 118 may be provided to connect thecontainer 11 and tank 98, and a handle 119 may be provided by which thedevice may be carried, and to be held with one hand, as the right hand,while the left hand manipulates the lever 32, or to be held with onehand, as the left hand, while the right hand presses upon the buttonhead of the valve element lliltl.

in such a device as that shown in Figs. 6-9 the cable 86 extends withinthe support 17 between the pulleys 83 and 83 and is therefore notexposed over the unshielded length between the plates 72, 72 and thelever 32. However, as shown in Fig. 10, as an optional construction theaxle 84 may be spaced further from the support 17 to mount the pulley S3to rotate exclusively outside of the support 17, thereby eliminating theslot 82 shown in Fig. 7. Also, the brackets 85 may extend furtheroutwardly from the support 17 than they are shown extending in Fig. 7 tomount the axle 84 in a manner to permit the pulley 83' to rotateexclusively outside of the support 17. In such embodiment it is notnecessary to'baflle the support 17 against gas loss through the: slotsfor the pulleys, and a gas inlet 97 may be provided from the tank 98 tothe lower end of the support 17.

In cases where the provision of a compressed gas may not be desirable,the extinguisher 40 may be provided on a separate support or handle toextinguish candle flames, as may be needed. In such cases, theembodiment of Figs. 6-9 may be modified to eliminate structures requiredto supply the compressed air, as the tank 98, tubing 1837, tubing 97,and baffle 96. Such an embodiment is shown in Fig. and in position tolight a candle 56 which is mounted in a special candle mounting 108.

Such a mounting 108 includes a tube 1439 having a swedged upper end 110and a. lower end 111 which is threadedly received Within a base flange112. Such flange 112 is connected by screws 113 to a stand 114. A spring115 bears downwardly against the base flange 112 and upwardly against afollower cup 116 within the tube 169, the follower supporting the baseof the candle 5d and the spring 115 urging upwardly to feed the top lidof the candle through the upper end lid of the tube iii). Theconfiguration of the swedged upper end 119 serves to retain the candle 5from being urged out through the top of the tube 109, and permits onlythe top part of the candle around the wick 53 to be extended from thetube.

To facilitate assembly, as shown in Figs. 6 and 9, one of the plates 72,72', as the plate 72', may be brazed or otherwise permanently affixed tothe support tube 17, as indicated at 126. On the opposite side aconnection bar or plate 121 may be permanently aflixed to the supporttube 17 and the side plate 72 releasably aflixed thereto as by the capscrews 122. Thus it is only necessary to disconnect the bracket 94- fromthe plate 72 by taking out the screw 123, and then remove the screws 122in order to obtain access to the parts mounted by the plates 72, 72, asfor replacement or repair.

The structures shown illustrate the inventive concept of the invention.Other structures may also be employed for the same purpose, including astructure in which the liquid tube 39 is not enclosed within the support17, but is attached thereto. Also in cases the support 17 may convey theliquid 12.

In summation, various embodiments and modifications of the inventionhave been disclosed in the drawings and hereinabove described, but hisasserted that this invention is not limited to such embodiments andmodifications, but various other modifications and embodiments areincluded, as well as various other combinations and subcombinations ofsuch various embodiments and modifications, as the broad spirit of thisinvention and the broad scope of interpretation claimed and merited bythe appended claims warrants such broad inclusion of a wide range ofstructures.

What is claimed is:

1. In a device for lighting and extinguishing altar candles and the likethe combination of a bell shaped guide member for positioning saiddevice to light a candle wick and to extinguish said light and includinga connection element at the small end thereof of substantial diameterand being flared outwardly from said connection to abut the top of acandle so that the lighted wick thereof to be extinguished is at aspaced distance from said connection element, a tubular guiding supporthaving a downwardly curved upper end of diameter for connection to saidconnection element and being of substantial length and of sufficientwall thickness strength to support its length and said extinguisher andof sufficiently thin wall to permit lightness for ease of guidingmanipulation to operative position with relation to said candle, aninflammable liquid container connected to the lower end of said tubularsupport, a fluid conduit comprising an upper fluid containing tubingextending from said container to said small end of said extinguisher andconnected to communicate with the interior thereof and of much smallerdiameter than said support, a delivery valve within said containercommunicating with said tubing at one end thereof and having an intakepassage at the other end thereof, an inlet valve adapted to be filledwith fluid from said container and at one end thereof establishingenclosed fluid com- Cir munication with said delivery valve intakepassage and at the other end thereof having an intake passage to admitfluid from said container to fill said inlet valve, a handle on theexterior of said container and operable within a predetermined travellimit toward said container to force fluid in droplet quantity from saidinlet valve through said delivery valve intake passage into saiddelivery valve whereby an equal amount of fluid is forced from saidtubing into the interior of said extinguisher and onto said wick, andoperable within predetermined travel limit away from said container todraw fluid from said container through said inlet valve intake passageinto said inlet valve to replace the fluid thus transferred, said devicecarrying means thereon to light said wick and being operable thereafterto position said extinguisher to extinguish said light.

2. in a device for supplying ignition fluid to the wicks of altarcandles and the like the combination of a tubular guide member havingits upper end curved downwardly to be guidably positioned adjacent thewick of a candle and extending downwardly from said upper end for a.substantial length and being of suiflcient wall thickness strength tosupport its length and said upper end and of sufhciently thin wall topermit lightness for ease of guiding manipulation to operative positionwith relation to said candle, an inflammable liquid container connectedto the lower end of said guide member, a fluid conduit comprising anupper fluid containing tubing extending from said container to thedownwardly curved upper end of said guide member and adapted thereby todirect fluid on said wick and being of much smaller diameter than saidguide member, a delivery valve within said container communi cating withsaid tubing at one end thereof and having an intake passage at the otherend thereof, an inlet valve adapted to be filled with fluid from saidcontainer and at one end thereof establishing enclosed fluidcommunication with said delivery valve intake passage and at the otherend thereof having an intake passage to admit fluid from said containerto fill said inlet valve, a handle on the exterior of said container andoperable within a predetermined travel limit toward said container toforce fluid in droplet quantity from said inlet valve through saiddelivery valve intake passage into said delivery valve whereby an equalamount of fluid is forced from said tubing onto said wick, and operablewithin predetermined travel limit away from said container to draw fluidfrom said container through said inlet valve intake passage into saidinlet valve to replace the fluid thus transferred.

3. In a device adapted to supply ignition fluid to the wick of an altarcandle and the like, adapted to light said wick, and adapted toextinguish said wick, the combination of a tubular guide member havingits upper end curved downwardly to be guidably positioned adjacent thewick of a candle and extending downwardly from said upper end for asubstantial length and being of sufficient wall thickness strength tosupport its length and said upper end land of sufficiently thin wall topermit lightness for ease of guiding manipulation to operative positionwith relation to said candle, an inflammable liquid container connectedto said guide member at a spaced distance be low the upper end thereof,a fluid conduit comprising an upper fluid containing tubing extendingfrom said container to the upper end of said guide member and connectedthereto to be positioned thereby to deliver fluid onto said wick andbeing of much smaller diameter than said support, fluid delivery meanswithin said container communicating with said tubing at one end thereofand having an intake passage at the other end thereof, an inlet means,and a handle therefor adapted upon actuation within a predeterminedtravel limit toward said container to force fluid into said deliverymeans for delivery in droplet quantity through said conduit and ontosaid wick and adapted upon actuation within a predetermined travel limitaway from said container to draw fluid into said inlet means for thesucceeding forcing of fluid, said device carrying means thereon to lightsaid wick and carrying means operable thereafter to ext nguish saidlighted wick.

4. In a device for supplying ignition fluid to the wicks of altarcandles and the like the combination of a tubular guide member havingits upper end curved downwardly to be guidably positioned adjacent thewick of a candle and extending downwardly from said upper end for asubstantial length and being of sufficient wall thickness strength tosupport its length and said upper end and of sufficiently thin wall topermit lightness for ease of guiding manipulation to operative positionwith relation to said candle, an inflammable liquid container connectedto said guide member at .a spaced distance below the upper end thereof,a fluid conduit comprising an upper fluid con taining tubing extendingfrom said container to the upper end of said guide member and connectedthereto to be positioned thereby to deliver fluid onto said wick andbeing of much smaller diameter than said support, fluid delivery meanswithin said container communicating with said tubing at one end thereofand having an intake passage at the other end thereof, an inlet means,and a handle therefor adapted upon actuation within a predeterminedtravel limit toward said container to force fluid into said deliverymeans for delivery in droplet quantity through said conduit and ontosaid wick and adapted upon actuation within a predetermined travel limitaway from said container to draw fluid into said inlet means for thesucceeding forcing of fluid.

5. A device as claimed in claim 4 in which said tubular guide membersupports means thereon connected for operation upon movement of saidhandle away from said container to automatically ignite said fluid, andalso carries means cooperative therewith to extinguish said lightedwick,

6. A device as claimed in claim 4 in which said tubular guide membersupports means thereon connected for operation upon movement of saidhandle in direction away from said container to automatically ignitesaid fluid.

7. In a candle lighter and extinguishing device for altars thecombination of an ignition fluid container, a tubular support extendingupwardly therefrom and having a downwardly curved upper end, a candleextinguisher connected to said upper end and flared outwardly therefromto abut the top of a candle to be extinguished so that the wick thereofis at a spaced distance from said connection, a fluid containing tubingof substantially smaller diameter than said support extending from saidcontainer within said support including the downwardly curved upper endthereof and connected thereto adjacent the connection of saidextinguisher thereto to establish communication with the interior ofsaid extinguisher, a delivery valve within said container communicatingwith said tubing at one end and having an intake passage on the otherend thereof, an inlet valve including a sleeve slidable at one end onthe intake end of said delivery valve and having an intake passage inthe other end thereof to admit fluid from said container to fill saidsleeve, a handle operable on the exterior of said container betweenhandle travel limit means carried by said device, means connecting saidhandle to said sleeve, and resilient means urging said sleeve away fromsaid delivery valve to the extent permitted by said limit means and saidsleeve when thus urged receiving container fluid thereinto through theinlet valve intake, the manipulation of said handle between said limitmeans comg-yressing said resilient means and sliding said sleeve on saiddelivery valve toward said tubing to force a predetermined amount offluid from said sleeve through said delivery valve intake into saiddelivery valve whereby an equal amount of fluid is forced from saidtubing into the interior of said extinguisher to be guidably directedthereby onto said wick, said support carrying means thereon to lightsaid wick, and said device being manipulated thereafter to position saidextinguisher to extinguish said lighted candle, the release of saidhandle permitting said resilient means to urge said sleeve away fromsaid tubing to draw container fluid thereinto through said inlet valveintake.

8. In a candle lighter for altars the combination of an ignition fluidcontainer, a tubular support extending upwardly therefrom and having adownwardly curved upper end, a guide member connected to said upper endand flared outwardly therefrom to guide said lighter to position todeliver ignition fluid to the wick of a candle to be lighted and adaptedif in abutment with said candle to abut said candle so that the wickthereof is at a spaced distance from said connection, a fluid containingtubing of substantially smaller diameter than said support extendingfrom said container within said support including the downwardly curvedupper end thereof and connected thereto adjacent the connection of saidguide member to establish communication with the interior of said guidemember, a delivery valve within said container communicating with saidtubing at one end and having an intake passage at the other end thereof,an inlet valve including a sleeve slidable at one end on the intake endof said delivery valve and having an intake passage in the other endthereof to admit fluid from said container to fill said sleeve, a handleoperable on the exterior of said container between handle travel limitmeans carried by said lighter, means connecting said handle to saidsleeve, and resilient means urging said sleeve away from said deliveryvalve to the extent permitted by said limit means and said sleeve whenthus urged receiving container fluid thereinto through the inlet valveintake, the manipulation of said handle between limit means compressingsaid resilient means and sliding said sleeve on said delivery valvetoward said tubing to force a predetermined amount of fluid from saidsleeve through said delivery valve intake into said delivery valvewhereby an equal amount of fluid is forced from said tubing into theinterior of said guide member onto said wick, said support meanscarrying means thereon to light said wick, the release of said handlepermitting said resilient means to urge said sleeve away from saidtubing to draw container fluid thereinto through said inlet valveintake.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS295,562 Laurence Mar. 25, 1884 717,186 Galipeau Dec. 30, 1902 1,740,623Payne Dec. 24, 1929 FOREIGN PATENTS 16,258 Great Britain July 12, 1909

